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From the Charleston Mereury.' VJ.A~o O- BLLYFrTON. S. C., Sept. 16. 0i the early part of the summer, the ci lizens of this pretty little village and its vicinity, invited their tistinguished coun trymfan, John C. Calhoun, to come among and allow them an opportunity of greeting cordially by the hand the nian they have -o long delighted to honor, and for whose merit they have an increased regard. If the attem'npt was unsuccessful to obtain his personal appearance, it was the means of eliciting a 'warin and heariy response, which will be read with interest by all lovers of a good thing. from a great and good man. Letter to Jouhn C. Calhoun, tIur-FTU. July 13, 1S42. Sir-Your ellowt-cittrnst of the lower part of the Parish ofSt. LuLes, throughi us. tenler you an invitatsion to partake of a public dinner at the Village of Mullion. at such tin as may be inost convenient to yourself. You must look upon this as no'ordinary invitation for mere comphinen tary purposes. The citizens who now in vite you to meet them. are living in that portion of the State nost remote from your home. out of the track of your usual route from Washington. and a great ma jority of them have never had the oppor tunity of seeing and mingling senti' ents. personally. with you. A news generation a sprung up since you visited this por tion of country itt l819. n hilst Secretary of War. aid although we have been so lona Jeprit ed uf t he plea-ure of seeing you in person, yet politically we have ever been at your side. In all she eventful pe riods of political controversy from that time up to the present tnomen. w- have never doubted your devotion to country. or ques tioned your iniegrity of purpo!v. The peo ple of St- Lukes have toet been idle or in different spectators of lite treat strugglc that has been going on in the country for the last feao years. teither are they usmind. ful of the coutpieioui and ntient position vou have persmnally bornoe in derfence of iho Constitution of your couttssry. They therefore hopc that you will give them the opportunity they seek of expressing per sonally to yot. the estimation and enthu siastic admiration they entertain liotb of your di.singuished nationatl services and your unsported private reputation. GEO. P. ELLIOTT, B. SCOTT, JEHE)IAll FICKLING. PEARSON lARDEE. GFORGE II. STONEY, N' P. VRn mELL, JAMI POPP. Seu, JNO. W. KIRK. W. R. PRICiHARD, GEUtGZ. ALLEN. Joh (7. Cak->un's reply. - - &WArSHNGso. July 23.1840. r -~~~ Jhudemen--it soit '!fabd ga tto regret that I feel myseI co e Cline the invitation you have so a bly tendered me in the name of my 1elow -esliseus in thse lower part of St. Lukes, to partake of a ptublic dinner at the Village of Blunon. at such timne as might suit may - cotnveincelC. But I wish yost and those -you represent to be assured, that while I 'decline, 1 regard your invitation ins thse light you intended it. as no ordinary invitation foe complimentary punrpo)ses. No; I view it in a very different light, as coming from true and faithbful constituents desirous of seeing, knowing and fortming thea per' sonal acquaintance of an old public ser vant, wbo'at least has the merit of having . endeavored toserve them with fidelity and honesty: uand I feel that there is a strong obligation on smy par: to acceept an invita tion coming from such a quarter and origi nating in such muotives. Butt, nmos withst and ing, I am comnpelled to ask you anid those you represent to excse tme. I htave been absent from home the last two years mnore aar three fourths nfnmy ime, and I Iiear ft-om present indlientions, thtat I tmay be detained here so lontg tlbat I shaull have hut a short recess to lie with nmy famtily atnd a, tend to my private concerus, before I shaill be compielled so return to myv duties he. I hope that this, with the exhaustont isnci - dent wo long contintued attentiontt publi husmnnes, ansd the necessity fuor repobe, will be urged as a snificientt apology fair declitn ing an itnvitations which I wvould otherwise have had great induacemntsa to accept. With great respect, I am, &c. &c. J. C. (C.IIOl'N. To Gco. P. Elliott, Ii. 1-'. Scott, &c. &c. Fronm the Greene ilMuntainrr. Mda. WVELt..:-l regntest the' favuor of y-ou to insert the followinog correspndene an your paper. Wiah the hope of remnov ang the predjudice which e xists a:;nitnst t he expediency of Suntday Schools for thme re ligious inastructiona of colored populatioti. I have obitained the opitnin ofGent. Whit ncr, wrhichs I presentsed to yotnr reader.. It settle, I trust, the questioni of te le.galt3f suach a School. The expediency of estast lishing them is fonud by experienice ;for this mode of instruction is ext ensively putr sued through a lar:;e piortin of our State, and invarialy attetnded writht gootd, anud never with evil effects, so far a' I htave been able Sn ascertain, after much itnquiry on the subject. Perhaps thte bet raegula ted plantation in the Southern Stute-,(Mr. Clay's, in Georgia) is that in which shis! system of instruction has been most thor oughly and fully testedt and many other~ witnaesseas might he brought to testify to the moral improvement of their Negroes under similar institutions, Nothing more is necessary than an acquairctance with she system to remove from the minds of the most sensitive, the imaginary dangers with which it is invested. The following Is the substance of a let ter addressed to Gen. Whimner. GacrsVILLEu, Aug. 16, 18-42. Dear Sir:-I address~ ynu us the Solici tor of this Circuit, for the p)urpose of ob taining your legal opinion on the follow ing point : Early in the last summer, I established; in the Episcopal Chnrch, a Sabbath Shbool for the instruction of the blacks sin the principles of tbe christain re ligion. The instruction imparted is en tirely oral. The books used by she teach ers are -'Jones' Catechism" for the adult classes, and Dr. CapeA'' small Catechtsan gnr ska chuildren. Thsiwo works neg tanelioned by very general use amous the large Planters of our State. The modeof instruction is exactly similar to that used in many churches whiclh I have visi-ted in the lower Ditricts. and the same it. sub stance with that pursued by the Metho dist Missionapries in their extensive . 1 sions upon th'e plantations on the seaboard The hour for assembliug is 3 o'clock it the afternoon, The doors are open to any I citizen who chooses to attend. The teach ers are residents of the comwunity, and contine themselves to oral instruction. as I can testify froi a personal inspection of the school every Sunday. Notwithstanding these precautionary ar rangements. I regret to find that some op positin exists to lte schools, and to the mode of conducting it.-We are charged with violating the laws of the State in spirit. if not it the letter, and encouraging Negroes to read ; and the teachers have been threatened with prosecution if they persevered in their efforts to teach these 'poor" the Gospel of Jesus Christ. The only ground far this charge nppears to be the fact. that some of the Negroes have been seen in the streets with the books u sed in the school, which they were carry ing to their owners who wished to give them religious instruction during the week. Believing that outr proceedings are per fcctly legal, and being sati-fied that it is according to the will of God that we should tuse this maode of iustruttion, which I think he only efficient one for tneducated mind I am yet sincerely desirous of showing all proper respect for thu laws of the State, on this or any other subject. I therefore apply to you for your interpretation of the laws on this point. You will confer a fa vor on tte by an early answer, with the privilege of n-ing it as circumstances may render ex pedient. Vcry respectfully, your ob't. serv't., C. C. PINCKNEY. Jr. Geu. J. N, Wntratt, Anderson. AN siatsos. Atug. 30, 1842. Drur Sir:- I feel ashamed that I have not found an earlier moment to reply to your favor of the I(th inst. I have hind occasion, previotisly. to in vestigute ithe Act of our Legislature on the suject respectitng which you request my aiu. and feel no be~itation in assurinu you.haat there has been no legislation to *y knowledge, at all prohibiting the kind of instruction or manner of imparting it to the Negroes, as practised at your School The Act of 180 made the assemblies and congregation of Slaves, Fre Negroes, &c. -*met together for the purpose of men tal instruction in any confiined or secret place of meeting. or wvith the gates or doors of such place of meeting barred bolted, or locked, so as to prevent the free ingress or egress to and fruits the same," an unlaw ll taeting," and authoried its diipersion; and in another clause of same act, prohib it ed "any number of Slaves, Free Negroes &e. even in company with white rnon. to meet toietber and asuemblefou ship, or either, befbre the Riig .ame sn and the going down of the same." - The Act of 1803 prohibits A. disper sion of sueb an assembly before "nine o' cl'ek in the evening." provided a majority of the assemblage were white persons, or the disturbance of their devotion otherwise uness upon warrantissued by Magistrate' TIhe A ct of 1810. providing f'or the more effectual performance of Patrol duty, ob serves like provisions. The Acet of 1834. prohibits the teachaing of any slave to read or write, under heavy penalties. So that from all that bas been brought within my observation, after a diligent search ito our enatire statute law, I con clude thtat the assemblage of Negroes in the day time. itn an open place for oral in struction, is not unlaw ful. The Legisla ture seems indeed to have cotntemplated the propriety of thteir being assembled for the puptie of 'nmental instruction" and "re ligiotus worship," other titan in the night time amnd in secret places. wvhether a ma jority of white perusns were present or not. I htave beeon greatly surprised wvith theo nture and extent of the prejudice and ap prehension existitng itt a christian comtmnt aity on this nubject. In the hands of vi ciuus and desigtnittg fanatics, our Negro populatioun might he greatly corruipted urn der te gnise osf religiotus insstruction; hut lbat persons o hose jtudgttenu atnd good ,.ense arc confadedi itn, whose htabits, andi eduttation,. and interests are idetatical, and whose feeigs atnd purposes are not there ftre tot he broughit ina questiqs. should be ojec's of suspiciots whilst attempting tom point immortal beings the way to hleaven, nd. thi', too, in a Innul of Blibles, amongst an intelbtget. reflectintg and christian peo lec is to mte tmoast uttarcountabsle. It cannot be that religion is to be with held from the Negro because he is a Slave. lie is rati'onal attd imsmortal, and must be nccuntnhle, though his accountability he shares, I have tto doubt, lasrgely, with his rtast er. Some light is essential to salve i''t; andI as l's-ar needd there is tunthing incompatihie with the relauiosn. It is not to bie dauunhted that both nstetr anda slave are muadle better by religion, and to the ox tent they are brotnght under its influence, better alscharge every duty pertaining to the station of each. As mere hypocrites, they may each impose on o:ter, and prove mischieviouts to society, until dis roveredl anal exposed. Biut pardlon me I hav.o rather gone beyond a professional opiion, Accept assurances of afTetionate regard fro Yours, &c. J. N. WITNER, Fire.-A Gre occurred about 8 o'cloek last evening, in a small negro house on the ack part of the Globe liotel lot. which was consumed in abont fifteen minutes. The flames were prevented from extends tg farther lay the exertions of the citizen maud the. Fire Companies. The fire is sup posed to have been caused by the careless ness of the negro children who were alone ns the building when it commenced. SoLAh Carolinian. In a rencounter near Livinsgston, in thtis State, between Archibald Bishop and lien- I ry S. Godfrey, the former iwas killed, a 1 rew days since. Godfrey has been comn niettd tojail to await his trial at the next C~ircit Court of &utt~e,, which commen- a >n the'last Monday of this month.-Sdmta P'rc Freis Aimpled 'A Ai on. roen C.0Leg d fts Ve are match 'pai arutcu rs of a murt po obn C'.iagra of State, rhibch ook plac feraoon, it about Iwo o'cl ae of the italte [louse at- rs well to reface the lacts wnt that, o fat as we bav ascertain, he attack was a ed. The Perpetrator of th ung man aimed Townl C: -bo has br oae month a malig iant feeling. tow d, for ome inaginary i42 hind. At he time above..s kerman an possed himself tfeantrance o the State liouse, a bludge in and a dirk, the.1 ed; and as Htr. Legrand approac erman ob ;ructed his entran Mr. Legrand immediate to thrust he nian aside when tr sprurk at in. Mr. Legrad bludgeon in his'left arm, a returning % ith lis fist a severe Mob felled his antagonist : r rhe -ould improve his 'Chowever, Lckerman ht ' and draw ing his dirk, sta di the thi;h, severing, t. causing him instanaty to f a mer ey of his asailmat, '- se of a fiend he wasa wice- , . body. dirk entering the rih about he lower rib, and agan' bree inches below. the wound injit~g. an oblique ilirection towards h-1 Doockerman hen made his eseape, being no one present but a young ho seems an have hesitated a little as to what he ought to do. Mr.. arose, and was aisle to make hii into the Exec utive Hall; surgical aid - immediately %ummoned, and de.pa utof to Bal imore for Drs. Buckler h andfothers. Our last information *i I .be had been very sick, vomittiog q Or and that etween 7 and 8 o'c Wednesday night. his pain was ' og, and the physicians were ant w .it apprehensions is to the result. We - -with anxiety loir additional inform --and sincerelyi hope that the next int ce may be of a more favorable ch In the mean lime we condole with merous friends i a worthy and gifted man, whose high atiainments ha ygiven him isinction in eflice, .wad spread fme, while bis ami tment and sincere manner have him with a ey to the hears-of t of his fellow. :itizens. Lockerman is s have ded iiher to this eitfors an. His re wreat, we hope. will audiscov red, for it is high tdastard, who with the bold nay from he wcapons he to profane The very um - base at Jim At maN e to4the hgae V ed rece. Sincethe aove~li uudisecov indues te ruo ofIjidassaurd, he wite isnotsuf~estlyspeityc inroi ing iscedisbt toMr.Legatd panex ~neraes hm fro a~ongu ofs rumor bleho the agg'teaus wa the cty Snce the farr tdyelpe, we hall received tmel frtiacreps rouce te r:- r of coue al, ~tetiys andre ofrte deprte atteish ito ingdiscriotbe to. LMr. Lera andex rates byim yomtnguaed oocuor wbna a te ntsyc t the Satec Hous serday wed Prernt th etedrsite ia, with~ot the suppressio of eattac. Isenud uayrit thinefut he dlstd miue s have 0 re daive t o iratsinceocur. A' a ort r.:ate et. 5thle p842. Moatin This mir:-no a rewaof corsea eady oawreo the1 hd-lspear atep to resasnt oeMr.aa Lgand. it ret aro lina the enrae o the :tae oousef yesedy namd Whereor noine writel bau lavrted him aujet ofs athertack resende youe Ihaty lineI sestanute baelo ipe, cty lie watouhat uinc orthrred, anit a short examnto eteraed nto-n rws wtneredsouyandbigs foraibedr reshinf Lthrerfan, andtitested witvor assalt, ani~rn the.us f h a- wommitr o eo riso. Wiesund heuvall hinog ae aliittet ditoneil Inderscand pbelor tau i tw o ritesult opl beingtt setase ,eruchingdo the factsbonaectedlitcd the assauh egand.a Lai:rmn peae:d tommayis ed to parin.lip'rumr heo with re arleme to 4) fhe can pmud roasult it,0 until ho reslt oabepety surlase :melf aindo the oa-fedeas nfitheds on 'hor suLererd seampea to ay tha Lonsiderdmn hsieseri this atinoon.-'h garto ohe causile and munfeoude assaul mny for whic h atopeey stabliseld nhims owthegifeelinAs* thean tissf ourtns, andLceras) earrid s on laugherma has jas inohi thing Cit t usaeo hosil MLgad wnfone ojea mdna bit wnee. Asokeinarn, onuti fon anwv, susenteman) marrie loe om ag eaain anrdiabe young ady, aon auher o~ welet - ofths rf, a whre house nure rande, continued usna visitr. Un .,tckera' c dueatn toweverh susqtm utahis pariage, Led ;rand as the friend of the family, grew in e eyeis ofLafiekerman into a rival, and at ofah&this b faias occurred. Pro-. ably somehu aoeexplanatory may raspire, an.ljshall endesvor to ad 'isa you in perhaps from bet er accredit ' Yours, &c. Weo are tplegrn that the ac :ounts rece: ~4i .Aaaapolis yesterday preset Legiaud, Seestary of Stare, to . in no dager~m th de stabs icflicted by kir. Loockr hBa8. Aeaei. In a case d~lbram stealing in Illinois, at late m "tLmhei~r roturned averdict of guilty, pIroeih prisoner is the one ho tonk the hamnp. HIORRID ltRDERS. TALLABAsSEE, Sept. 9. The fllowing letter will he read with pzinful interest. When, when, shall these tacrfictes of human life cease? The aug ;estion of our esteemed correspondent are worthy of attenti. We learn that Col. Vose contenplais an expedition West 'ur The purpose of removing the small bands that have annoyed our felluw-citizeus in that quarter: a MA tIAN A, Sept. 3d, 1812. Dr.Aa Sia: A family by the uame of Perkins was murdered by the Indians on the 29mb or 30th ult. at Hickory Hill, about twenty miles west of this place. Mr. P. his wife and two children %tere Lilled, another of the children was so bad ly wounded that no hope of his recovery is entertained, a son, about eleven years old, made his escape although closely pursued by the savages. The attack was made about day break. The boy who escaped says there were about ten Indians in the company. They usel arrows instead of guns. The house was plundered and burnt. They got a rifle and some powder and lead. An account of the affair reached here on the day it transpired, and a small party started immediately in the hope to find their trail returning to the Apalachicola. The company discovered Indian tracks going towards Hickory IIill, but no sign of their having returned. The scout has not yet returned. The people at Ilicory Hlill arc of course much alarmed. They have tried in vain to find the trail of the ilians leaving the place of murder. No trace of it bad been found at our last accounts. Thc people of Washington propose to start on an expedition against the Indians ou Thursday next. Our county, I hope, will join them. rhe Indian-, bwcver. will have had too long a start to authorize much hope of success. So, sir, you perceive that we of the West have cause to complain of the mnan ner ir which the Florida war has been closed, as well as our brethren of t he Mli Ale and Ltast. There is one way to clome the war, so far as the fugitive Creeks are concerned. Let the U. S. Government assure Capt. Sutton that it will defray the expenses of fifty men, to serve two mouths. and authorize him to raise such a force. If this be done, the war will soon be at an end. He will close it not as Col. Worth has done. to open again with double vio lence, but by leaving no Indians to wvage hostilities. If this plan is not adopted troops should be stationed along the Soun. era border of Jackson and Washington counties. Yours respectfully, M. P. S.-Since writing the above the scout that staned from here has returned. They report that the ludians were discovered on the Ist of this month on Holmes's Val ley, A party of three persons discovered them. The Indians proffered them a fight and boasted of having killed a family and could whip them. Oue of the whites fired a * ond killed am Indian. Mr. James noI is tbe ea were twelve in number. I give you the tale as it was told me. but I baro no doubt of its truth.-Sentinel FROM SAVANNAll. The eteam boat Thomas Salmond, Capt. Fredrick, arrived at this port last evening from Tampa flay. Key WVest and Savan nab, having left the latter port yesterday morning. at 9 o'clock. We are indebted to Capt. F. for the Savannah Georgian of yesterday. Capt. Frederick iniforms us that the re cent gale was very severe at Key WVest, and caused much dama;:e to the buildings in that place, upturning many of the man grove and cocoa trees, tearing oft their limbs, &c. The brig Tuscavilla Capt. Morril, from Port Leon. bound to New- York, laden withI cottot.. was distnasted in the gale in the Gulf stream. The brig Rusell. of Boston, Captain athews. from Kingstnt Jamaca, bound mu Philadelphia. dismnas'cd in the Gulf. The brig Cathiarinte Capt. Ro'e, from Charleston, bound to Ilavano, with a car go of rice, totally lost hetween Ilavana and 31atanzas, captain and crew carried into Mlatatnzas. The steatmship Natch'-, from Hlavann, ound to Matanzas, with 45i passengers, got into Key Wecst on the 7th intas.. n ith loss of rudder, foremast and one whoel house. The schr. .4ris, Capt I3aker. of and for NewYork, frotm the WVest Indies. was dis mated in the Gulf and carried into Key West by the wreckers. A n Etnglisht barqiue, 7 months old, name not recollected, laden wimh sugar andi cof fee, was totally lost at the mouth of Maman zas Bay. The fiahing smacks Superior and fIn rn, were supposed to have been lost in the Bay of Mexico, and that all on ,boardl had perished. Several other vessels were supposd tit have been lost, and the Thomas Sa/m~ond p eda quantity of staves in the vicinity of Florida Reef. The brig Edreard ldrin, from New York for Savanniah, 'vas seen of Stono. Chrleston Courie r. HorrildIe Outrage and aturmpt to Mar. der.-We learn from the Lowell Courier. that an outrageof a desperaic nature, was perpetrated in Allonstown last week. by a man named Fisk, upon a man namnod Cheney. The particulars are as folluws: Fisk, Chteney, and a boy were at work it the woods, chopping wood, where they had a catmp, and each fonnd and cooked his ownm provisionts. IFisk accused Cheney of stealing some of his provisions; a qluar rel ensued. Fisk knocked Chene~y down with a club, and after heating andm bruisinig him a while, ordered him to get up and clear out. This Chency attempted and although scarcely able to rise, got up and endeavored to get out of hi. reach, but Fisk followed with his club, and again knocked him down ; and after maul ing ad pounding him until he wras entire ly disabled, took out his knife amid cut and mangled him in a most shocking manner, large pieces of the scalp, being entiroly cleft from the head. Chaney was round the next morning in the woods, where be had been left by Fisk. lie was able to give the particulars of the transaction above re aerd. and stated, Fisk cnm.en to,;m nc. during the night, and struck him a iew blows with the club and left him. Chze ney had S->0 70 ets. in money, which was taken from him it is supposed, by Fisk. Although yet alive, we understand that no hopes are entertained of Cbeney's recov ery. Fisk has been arrested and committed to jail in Hopkinton. It is proper to state that the hoy run off at the comtoncemcut of the affiray. From the New Orleans Picayuae Sept. 18. LATEST FROM YMCATAN. IliSl3 Important intelligence !-By the arrival at this port yesterday of the Ameri can brig Toba-qruine, one of th- transports taking troops frotn Vera Cruz for tihe inva sion of Yucatan, we have the following in telligence contained in a letter to a mer chant of thiscity ahich was politely shown to us yesterday. The letter was dated Laguna, 9th Sep tember. (instant.) at which time the town was in possession of I:0 of Sunta Anna's troops. The remainder of the Yucatan Navy. lying at the time in the port of La guna and consisting of a brig and two schooners, had capitulated with tho town, without resistance. The troops who were made prisoners at Laguna-cansisting of about two hundred were taken by the Tobasquine to Cam pechy. Tle Mexican force at Laguna was corn prised ol one steamer, one brig. onte schr., and four transports, which were joined a ew days after the capitulation by the iron steamer Gaudaloupe, recently built in En:land. We sincerely hope that the Mexican Na vy, may retnain a few days where they now are, until until Com. Moore can get into "the crowd." Nr:w YoasK, Sept 17. Buenos Ayrer.-We have files of papers frum this place to the 9th of July. They contain no particular intelligence in rela tion to the war between the Republic and and their Oriental cighbors- On the whole however. Rossas setems to maintain his po sition, and subsciiptions of money arc lih erally making in support of his govern ment, On the other hand at Montevidee, great exertions appear necessary to their defence. ani among other measures taken there, is one prohibiting any native leav i'g.Lhe conttry. unless he gives security for the monthly payment of one or more soldiers of the Eqropean battalions which the Government is forming. The Buenos Ayrean Squadron under Admiral Brown. had sailed in pursuit of three armed Mottevidean vessels wh) had plassed tke Island of Martin Garcia and entered the River Uruguay. A slight en gagement took place between them attd the Fort on the Island, without any seriou results. The Oriental barque Lepoldina Rosa. from Bayonne. bound to Montevideo, with 270 Basoue emigrants. foundered on the 9th inst., in a gale of wind from the S. E. at the Castillos, on the East coast of the - LF -- LAfi 200 of the eminraits *ere drowaa4s al so the captain of the vessel and pat of the crew. The Untited States schooner Enterprise, Lieut. Wilson, Commtandler, was lying at at Buenos Ayres at the latest date. Prom Texas-We learn from a gentle man who ha.. been making a tour through the eastern portion of Texas, that the set tlement known as the "Cross Timber set tlement." int Famin cotunty, has beetn bro ken up by ite itndians. The settlement was composed of somne twelve families of emi grants whto came up to this place last win ter in the ste-.mer Etmbassay, fromo Louis yille, Kentucky. They had opened some 500 acres of land, which they planted in corn, and which was reported to be ina fine state of cultivation, whent a large par y of Indians made their appearance an' cotpelled the whites to abandon their ng rinitural pursuits and betake themnselves to the fort. In thtese quarters they re mnaie somne twao or thrce weeks (durn which timte their cattle atnd the bntfialo de. strtyed the corta.) when their supply of pro visions being eshausted tey were comn pelled to evacuate te post and seek pro ection amaong the settlers of Bowic coun. ty. . will, no doubt, he recoliected byv nun *et of our readers, that Getn Rusk, in the summnter of '40. drove a party of Int dt~tts, from this satme placc, where they had a la,e quantity of con growing. A treaty of peace with all the nsorthern Iniar.s is in contetmplation, and fiee comltisimers oin the part of the Texiani govrnmeut have been dispatched to thte hunt igground of the red men to meet thten in getneral council. Overtures of peaeac have been made by7 all the tribes, with thte exception of a few renegade Cherokeet and C'addo., and the other tribes pledga themselves to force those imto subjectio:t should the treaty be made. Old Jo Durn asg accompantied the comnaissioners a. interpreter, and, fromt his known, itnfluenci with the indliatns, te tmost favorablc result are anticipaaed.-Caddo Ga:ette. ei:ure of a Steam Frigate-On Mon day last Mr. Forsayth, Searcher of tlht Cstoams, hoarecd and seized, and tool, posession of the fine stcamn frigate Mon tezutma. layinag off- Blackw all, for beint matned and armted, and destined to as sist the Mexicans in hostile operationa enist Texas, contrary to the F-oreigri Enlistment Act. Th'le Montezuma is el beautiful contstructioni and great power. and, from the superior style in which she is officered, manned, and equipped. it it supose-d that in a proper cause shte wouald do credit to the country that has fitted heci ou.-London Times. Teras and Merieo.-We publish a st from the Fonda hierald of the 22d August aid learn frotm our Fonda correspntdedt, Iwho has taketn rains to inform himself that if the Lord%, of te Treaary do no' order the release of the Montezumta, hei codemnarinn is certain in the Court ol E xchequer, so stronigly has Gen. Hlamtil ton fortified himself with proofs againal this steamer before he lodged infortmatiot at the Customs. She coos 70 or 480J,00( it is said, and could sell for .C30 or ?40, 000. In the event of condemnation. onc half to the person who lodged informatiotl at the Customs. Although one of the steamers has esca. ped, te Gnndaloune.) before Gecn. iL cotad get the necessary information Lo act against her, yet if he succeeds in check mating or condemning the one under sei zure. (the .ontezuma.) tbe coast of Texas is probably safe, and the Tezian Navy may be competent to contend with one of the two frigate., althougb not both, ably conmmanded anti manned by British tars. Guts H. has had to employ great exertions and to use several aents to collect the ne cessary proofs. It is said that he ha been zealously assisated by a gentleman of hi h rank. distinguished in foreign service, wh has had no small experience in enterprises of a similar character. If the Montezuma is impounded it will be a great boon to Texas. The lin. Ashbel Smith was at Paris when Gen. flaniltan effected the seizare. lie has since assisted, and doubtless will co-operate zealously, both p.ivately as well a- officially, in making it good.-N. Y. Hrrald. As 0a 1 'ertitaeVo EDGEFIELD C. 11. WEDNESDAT. SErN~a R28, 1842. Wehave received a communication signed -Maty Countrymen' but which cannot ap pear utless the author's name is furnished us. The Obituary notices of Mrs. TanaLs, and Mrs. WATLT, has been received too late for insertion in this week's paper. They shal ap. pear in our nexL A Protracted Meeting. will commence at Little Stevens' Creek Church, on Sabbath next, the 2d day of Oct.ber. An Anti-Tariff Meeting is to be held at Ab. boville. on Monday next. on which occasion the great Anti Tariff Champion, Gen. MeDuffie, will address the meeting, inconcert withethers. The flamburg Jurnal ofthe 21st masLsays ,-We are authorized. by Armstead Burt, Esq.. to say he is a candidate for Representative oftbo Districts of Edg-efiek and Abbeville, in the next Congress." The Democratic Convention of New Jersey luid a meeting for the purpose ofnominatigs Congressional Ticket, but after maw delih eration, determined to adjourn until after the State was laid off into District, as thy wersof opinion that by making a nomination, the mem bers of the Legislature would, in a measure, be biased in the laying off of the Districts. Death, with his never erring shaft, has been amongst us! With pain do we announce this week the death of two of our yong fellow citizens. WILtAx J. Gz~ovxa, and W.Ai 0. Jouvsso, Jus. Exq'rs. The former died at the resdence of his brother. Ma. C. J. Gso ram, of Congestive Fever, and the lader in the city of New Orleans, (of which plaes he was a resident for he last two or thresyears,) ofasAf fection of the Lungs. In-the death thse two youg.gentlemaen a be eend fiained w t of sb i young men of promise. aNde "versalg beloved and respected by alt who.lied the plea sure of their acquaintance, ad hug will is be r their memory shall have been.fergutte. The remains of the former was seompanied by upwards of one hundred perso n ts hai mily buryind ground, (a distance of 8 mils.) where near two hundred persons were in wail ing to receive it, and to unite in paying the last tribute of respect to the lamentedfhsmoaa. Hard times'in Reality.-By reference to owr advertising columns. at wIll be seen that the Sheriff's sales, by far ceeeds any amount of monthly sale., of a similar kind, known in this District. within the last ten year. and afor'ds a stronger proof of hard taases, than any thing jwhich can be produced-proofs that ares coo cemnsie. We have reek eaed, as the yankee says seirng. We have spent ,jftg cents, when only have boeu earning tarelos ads kf-wi ont cver considering that pag day nr~nst some time-we Ihave put at off. (as we are to sav, too many of our subscribersdo,) until last :noment, and, when the O~icer, whose da it is, compels him to close up. we blame' for not being more lenient. The large amen land. negroes, and other property ann in this list in beyond all bounds, the sacriici of which', at this mnoment, will create, we fear a g reat deal of distress anion. a number of inhabitants, who' have been considered g livrr. and for whomi we feel heartily sorry, be such times must come. We have been for * few months forced to feel a goodly shiare the hard times, and have, as far as passible, kept aloof from danning those to whom alerne we hare to look for support, for our title p tanc. More Georgia Cotton.-Since our paper went to press. several bates of Geer gin Cotun have heen brought over t Bjrige, and stored in the warehotus H amurg. baving heen purchased by som of our Cotton dealers. ~Wile wrriiing. tie are informed tha there is Coto in market raised wi forty miles of solumnbia, S. C.-the d mance fronm here to wvhere it started f ling over sixty mniles. What nre the imnucements for all this IThe advantages of two marketa, Savaan and Charleston ; ready sale of the staple cheap and well selected stocks of goads a sound and healthy currency, and e advantage which the planters desire. er. the Columbia purchasers, canoba salt in any quantity, and such groceries as may be called for, at a fair price. hesides other anices in the different branches business ; and the Georgia planter can de likewise here. besides receiving Carolina money fur hisi produce.-Haatibrg Jem'. Wec learn by letters and travellete that Congestive and Bilious fevers. of a malig nant character, are very prevalent io the muiddle~ Districis of this State. compresag parts of Abbeville, Lanrees, Newbet. Union. York, end others in the same latn Itude. The citizens of this District shou be truly grateful so the ra "Giver every good and perfect gi "that they a rniittd toenjoy their usual degree ealth, whilst it to His will to chasten ,o neighbors and friends with sore afflicti Ifor whomi we con put express our unfe~ ..l smnathv andsorro~vw. ~itti. Ef